Transformation: New Dawn

Chapter 9: pursuit

A/n: I GRADUATED! YAAAYY! XD! I'm so happy. Here's another chap from me to you faithful readers out there. A special announcement: Swack16, a valued reader and friend, will be celebrating his birthday this Saturday on may 16th. Happy birthday! Without you, I don't know where my stories would be. Here's a chap that will definitely appeal to you. : D. the rest of you enjoy as well.

MEE-YAA!

Disclaimer: I do not own the pokemon franchise, Nintendo does. The transformation universe belongs to TurtlesandMonkeys and I am only borrowing with permission. Mary belongs to TurtlesandMonkeys, John and Sarah belongs to Swack16, and Akira Ryoto and Omega corp. belong to Lord Nalthren.

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Mary and John had come to a spot on the meadow to rest after their brief walk to the plains. They sat on their rounded body with their skinny legs spread out. John surveyed around while Mary rested her eyes, panting. "Man, this sharing one body thing sure is tiring." Mary said with a pant. John nodded in agreement. "Well, learning it all over again is tough…we lived like this for who knows how long." Mary looked to him with her beady black eyes. "Do you think Missy made it?"

John looked to the side. "I don't know…I don't know if we beat that old creep or if he got her too."

Mary looked down. "Ohh, I hope she did make it out ok…not a lot of us made it out of this virus mess. There's almost none of our original group left when we started." John could feel her thoughts drifting to old friends. Alisha, Rick, Sherice, Randall, Chloe…Chad… John felt her feel even sadder about the last one. She opened her eyes. "Oh sorry...didn't mean to trouble you with those thoughts…" She uttered. John shook his head. "Don't worry about it. Shows you are a caring person. They all sound like great people to meet." John said.

Mary nodded." They were my best friends during this ordeal, and now most of them are gone…"

John lifted her head up with his own and looked at her in the eyes. "Cheer up, they will be saved. All this will be over one day, and we can get back to our loved ones."

Mary nodded. "You're right John." She nuzzled him. "Like I said, I'm glad I got stuck here with a person like you."

John smiled with his eyes. "Shall we get up?"

Mary nodded. "Ok, on three."

"One... two...three!"

John's leg kicked up first and the Doduo wobbled in an awkward one-sided position and stumbled. Mary laughed. John looked at her. "You said on three."

Mary laughed. "I did say three but you got up in the middle of me saying it."

John began to laugh too. "Well let me know to start after you finished saying it, ok?"

They heard a noise and both looked to the back. At first it was a dim sound…then it began to grow into a sound like the running of feet against the plain, sounds of galloping and running, squawking and neighing; a multitude of wild sounds. John thought he heard a jarring sound like the sound of an engine and Mary could swear she heard some voices of humans yipping and hooting wildly.

"John?" she asked with a hint of uncertainty while the Doduo head stared at the area behind the forest that led into the open fields. "Something's coming." He simply said.

Soon, out of the brush, a charging stampede of pokemon erupted, running with frightened or angered faces. Runners like Dodrio and Rapidash were among the stampede along with some pokemon like Rhyhorn and Tauros and even small field pokemon like Rattata and Pikachu were running; some in groups others by themselves, the small pokemon weaving to avoid getting trampled by the larger ones.

Mary and John struggled to get up as the stampede began to approach. Mary stood up on her leg with John following and soon the wobbling Doduo began to run with the stampede.

"What's going on?" Mary asked around. None of the other pokemon seemed to hear her or understand her. John tried to see above the gathering dust that the runners kicked up as they tried to keep a steady jog. He distinctly heard the sound of an engine and watched as a motorcycle weaved in between the groups of pokemon, the rider howling and cheering as he rode in between, his eyes shielded by goggles and his face masked by a bandana or handkerchief wrapped around his face. His garb seemed to consist of Jeans and a leather vest with gloves and should pads. The rider rode past the Doduo and seemed to home in on a Ponyta and took a lasso around his hand and swung it around and tossed it around the Ponyta's neck, the young horse crying out. The rider then swerved to an area outside of the primary flock and led the Ponyta to the outer layer where John could hear more engines and saw another rider toss a Pokeball and capture the horse, the thrower catching the ball in mid air, cheering while he did it. Mary looked to her left and saw this process being repeated with a young Pichu who was lassoed off of a Raichu's back and was caught in a ball by a passing rider, the large mouse stopping and turning to cry out for the stolen Pichu when another biker rode in and lassoed it around the arm and dragged it across the ground before throwing a ball at it.

"What is this? Some kind of gang?" Mary asked with shock at the treatment. John growled to himself. "This is not capturing…its brutality."

"Let's keep running so they won't capture us!" Mary squawked as they picked up speed.

John could see as a rider had a Wartortle riding in the back and pulled up by a Rhyhorn that was straying from the flock. The Wartortle then fired a water gun and made is stumble to its side as its master tossed a ball at it.

"Mitchell!" A Rattata called from his spot as he slowed down. John and Mary realized that some of these pokemon being hunted were human.

"There's another one!" The biker laughed as he gestured his partner toward the Rattata's spot. The Rattata gasped as the second biker tossed a ball and an Arcanine bounded towards it with a snarl. The little mouse was running toward the outer layer as a jeep rolled by and one person dressed in similar attire tossed a noose that grabbed the Rattata's tail and they strung him along as he cried out and tossed a Pokeball at him and the ball came back to them.

John squawked in anger at this display. "That's it! I won't let those bastards take another pokemon!"

"But John, they'll catch us, and I don't think they're here to help these humans get cured." Mary interjected.

"I don't care. It's wrong that they're doing this, I'm not gonna stand here and watch as thy capture innocent people that need help!" Mary then nodded and stood her head up with determination. "You're right, let's steer over to that one on the left."

"You got it!" John cried out as the bird began to weave toward a rider that was coming up on a Tauros, whose face was filled with fear. The rider was about to pull out another lasso when he heard a squawk and felt a tug on his vest as the Doduo pulled at him and he began to loose his balance as the bike toppled and he landed on his side as the bike was trampled by pokemon. A passing Sentret sprung itself at the rider and he was bitten, clutching himself upon being bitten. One of his fellow riders rode by and he reached out with a shaking and changing hand when a lasso ensnared it and he was dragged along as he shrunk, crying out in pain. His comrades didn't even wait for him to finish as they tossed a Pokeball at the half formed Sentret.

"They even capture their own people?!" What kinds of punks do that?!" John asked with anger. Mary looked ahead. "I don't know, stick to the inner layer. I see another one."

They continued to run along with the stampede.

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In the jeep, a radio buzzed.

"Chief, Joel went down…sap fell of and got infected. We bagged him though."

Darius, a man with dusty colored blond hair smirked as he picked up the radio. "Well, then, I guess hewasn't worthless after all." He looked among the pokemon. "Move to the right, there's a Charmander that looks pretty unusual to me, running scared from the pack."

"Got it boss." The hunter straightened his hat as he saw the rider ride up to the fire pokemon and corner it.

Darius loved these hunts. Standard pokemon bounty hunting was always a joy ride, when the cops didn't get involved, but ever since this virus thing came out, the hunt was a whole lot more enjoyable and profitable… He flicked on his radio. "Remember, keep your eyes peeled for any stragglers doing what they ain't supposed to be doing, got me?"

"Got it chief."

He the clicked off the radio and stood up against the open canopy of the moving jeep and brought out his Pokeball, tossing it out and unleashing a running Houndoom among the group. "Go get em boy!" he ordered it. The dog nodded and began to run into the crowd and several pokemon rode out. Darius then pulled out a tranquilizer rifle and steadied his aim, firing them and the pokemon dropped to the floor as the bikers rode by with Pokeballs.

He was watching as a Skarmory was running across with panting breaths. Now don't them armor birds usually fly? Bingo. He snickered and made a whistle that his Houndoom understood and it weaved toward the bird, firing embers that made it cry out and separate from the safety of the herd. Darius readied his dart gun when he head a squawk and saw a Doduo come out of the herd and kick Houndoom with its massive claws. The Dog yelped and fell on its side. Darius recalled it back and stared at interest at the new comer. A little fight in this one…I like that!

"Pull up by that two header that's running funny." He told the driver.

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Mary and John knocked another rider from his bike as the bumped their heads against his arm, making him loose balance and fall. The stampede was beginning to weaken as another forest was pulling up and more pokemon were heading for its safety. John then saw a Skarmory that was being attacked by a Houndoom that the hunters had unleashed.

"Mary, over there toward that Skarmory." Mary nodded and they both began to steer toward the Houndoom. "Take this!" John squawked as he swung a leg and kicked the dog away from the metal bird. The Skarmory turned its head. "Thank you!" It said in a girl's voice before taking off back into the back.

The Skarmory turned around fast again. "Look out!" she called out.

Mary turned back and saw the jeep pulling up and a man with a fedora and a lasso tossed his rope at them and it wrapped around their leg.

"Ah! Mary called out as she felt it tighten and then they tripped, the jeep dragging them along the dirt, Mary and John Squawking wildly , kicking their other leg in the air. John bent down and began to peck at the rope when he heard a crash and saw that the Skarmory they had saved had crashed through the windshield and pecked at the driver. He cried out and the jeep pulled to a stop, the hunter hitting his chest against the open canopy and his grip slacking on the rope. Mary and John then kicked themselves upright and tried to run but the hunter kept his grip tight and was tying the rope to the jeep. The changing driver opened the door and fell to the side as he crawled out, feeling the pain wracking up. His fingers began to stiffen as a red line traveled from the middle of his hand all the way to his shoulder. He then cried out as his arm split and made a V-shape as two hard red feathers settled in between the hardening metal wings. His whole skin began to turn a steely color as they became hard and metallic. His claws tore through his boots while a metal blade erupted from his backside. His hair fell out and his face curved into a wicked beak as the top of his head became bladed shape. The Skarmory that bit him watched as he shook off his tattered clothing and took flight.

Mary and John were just about to breach the ropes when they heard a shot fired and saw the flying Skarmory fall to the ground with a dart in its chest and saw the hunter toss a ball at his former driver. The other Skarmory then began to wobbly back away from the hunter and went over to May and John and she cut the rope with her beak as the hunter was reloading.

"Thanks" Mary said while John stared at the hunter as he was beginning to settle his aim.

"Mary!" He called to her and sent her a quick thought and the Doduo then crouched and launched itself in a flip to the top of the jeep, missing the dart. They then leered at the hunter and began to jump into the canopy with him, scratching with their clawed feet, Darius holding his hands up in futile defense.

Darius stumbled out of the jeep, bleeding from his scratches when a bright flash blocked his field of vision.

"Stop right there." A firm voice told him. He brought his hands down and saw three men in uniforms with helmets and a Greek "O" on their shoulder pads, pointing weapons at him, a large truck with headlights homed in on him. Darius could see what few bikers he had left being rounded up with their hands up by people in police uniforms.

Crap...got caught…but who are the goon in the uniform?

"You are wanted on the charge of illegal pokemon poaching and unauthorized use of Hoenn Defense corps and Omega equipment for the purpose of poaching. Put your hands behind your head and drop to the ground." The man in the uniform told him. Darius muttered and complied as he felt a police officer get on top of him and cuff him up.

After Darius was put in a waiting police car, one of the men in the uniforms went to Officer Jenny. "Officer?"

She nodded. "Ok listen up everyone! Take any Pokeballs you find and give them to Officer Yui and the omega task force." The police officers nodded and took the Pokebelt and gave them to the men in uniforms. Yui nodded and watched as they brought some of the more scattered balls to the collection bin in the back of the truck.

"Commander, look." Another omega guard brought up a distinct purple top ball with the omega logo overlapping the M. "just as I thought...stolen Omega Master balls." Yui muttered. "All right, take these Pokeballs back to Slateport so they can get proper cure administration and then we'll be back on our way toward Omega! Ms. Ryoto and General Kikari want us to call in once we are at Slateport for an update. Move it!" He gestured his arms to the other men in Omega uniforms.

A Doduo stepped out of the jeep and wobbled toward them, followed by a Skarmory. All the officers reached for their weapons while the Doduo squawked out but didn't flee. The Skarmory seemed to make a move to run but the Doduo called out to it and it stayed. Yui came to a realization.

"Stand down, these are VPs." The Doduo nodded its heads in agreement. Poor guys…can't even guess what they're going through...

Yui took out a Pokeball with a C on it and took a step forward. The Doduo sort of flinched, but it stayed put.

"Don't worry, this is a special ball; it won't capture you like a standard Pokeball and it won't make you loyal to anyone, it's just for transport." Yui said in a reassuring voice.

The Doduo nodded and closed its eyes and Yui aimed the ball at them and fired a red beam, the Doduo becoming encased in red light and the light was sucked into the ball. Yui took out another one and aimed it at the Skarmory, who sort of trembled before being transported into the ball. He looked at the balls and put them in the bin, sighing.

I pray to Arceus this whole virus thing ends and we find Akira for Mika…

"All right, lets get moving."

Jenny stopped him. "Thank you for helping us catch this slime ball."

He shrugged. "Just business." He stepped into the truck and it began to take off down the midnight sky.

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And there we are! Exciting chap huh? XD! I tried to bring back an old concept of "pokemon wranglers" that was established by TurtlesandMonkeys in her original third sequel, Mutated, and they were antagonist like they were in this one. Also wanted to have a way for Mary and John to get captured but in a way that will help them. The stampede thing was also inspired by the chase scene in "The lost world: Jurassic park" with InGen capturing dinosaurs in methods similar to the ones described in here. Also met the Omega capture squads dispatched by Mika to find Akira and show that they found Mary and John. Well, I hope you all liked this chap! Please review! Jonseycat, out! MEE-YAA!